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U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley said on Sunday that although she and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson have "different opinions" on various issues, they still have a great relationship. | Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo

Haley dismisses reports of a feud with Tillerson as 'so ridiculous'

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Sunday denied she had an icy relationship with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, calling such reports “so ridiculous.”

“That's so dramatic. That's so ridiculous. No,” Haley said on ABC’s “This Week.”

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She said she and Tillerson sometimes have “different opinions,” but that she shares a “great relationship” with him and any member of the Cabinet because they all are “looking out for the best interests of America.”

“At the end of the day, we present the president with all the facts," she said. "We let him make the decision. And we all, as a team, go out and support that decision."

Haley was one of the most vocal Cabinet members pushing for decertification of the Iran deal, which sometimes put her at odds with others in the administration, including Tillerson, White House officials said.

Tillerson opposed her trip to Vienna earlier this year to lay the groundwork for decertification, a major point in the conflict between the two that one administration official said was reaching “World War III” levels.

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Asked about comments from Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) that the president was undermining Tillerson, Haley dismissed that as Corker’s opinion.

“What I can tell you is what I know,” she said. “They work very well together. They talk through things. And then they manage it properly. So, if there is an issue, I haven't heard about it.”